Distance: 2.7 km (1.3 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 657m to 799m. Gain: 207m. Loss: 290m . Gradient: 11 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Benched track (3/9)
Benched, maintained, marked tramping track or pack-track

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

A good benched track heads north from Helicopter Flat Hut, sidling in beech forest high above the river. After 2.5km a signposted turnoff to Trevor Carter Hut via Saxon Falls is reached.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the Saxon Falls junction, a good benched track heads south to Helicopter Flat Hut, sidling in beech forest high above the river.